Double-deck passenger-car.



F2 N. JONES, i". Q-PHELLiP-S & l. W, WELSH.

DOUBLE DECK PASSENGERYGAR.

APPLICAHGN man ucnz. 1910.

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DAUBLE DECK PASSENGER CAR.

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DOUBLE DECK PASSEzJGER CAR.

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- P. N. JONES, F. R. PHILLIPS L 3. W. WELSH DOUBLE DECK PASSENGER CAR.

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DDUBLE-BECK PASSENGER-CR.

Specicetion of Letters Patent.

Patentcfl Ang'. El

sppicaton filed october 526, 3.9M). Serial No. 539,252.

Figure l -is a. horizontal. sectional view.;

- showing one form of our improved passen- 3 is a vertical cross this,of course,

ger' car, illustrating the lower deck; Fig. 2 is a horizontal section ata higher level showing the upper deelt arrangement; Fig.

section oit vthe torna of Figs. l and 2; liig. d is a cross sectionsimilar to 3, showing a niodiication; Fig. 5 is a top plan viewpartially in section, showing another torni oit the invention; and 5 isa partial sec'i'nal side elevation oi the foi-in of Fig. 5, the .actionbeing taken on the line 'Vi-Vl ot said iigure.

.Our invention relates to passenger cars, partienlsrly those adapted'for street rail- Way service. n The object of the invention is togreatly increase the seating capacity of such cars by making themdouble-decked, with seats two diiierent levels, Without the height ofthe ear body.

ln street railway service there is a large demand' for greater seating`capacity, and

can be obtained by a doubledecled arrangement of the car, but theequipment and arrangement of these street railways is usually such thatthe height of the ca. is liinited by obstructions of various kinds,which prevent the ordinary doubledecled cars being used.

Our invention is designed to overcome this ditlieulty and provide adouble-decked car of relatively low height as compared with previousstructures of this character.

To that end, the invention consists in ar-v ranging the seats on onedectv in such a way that the passengers tace in the opposite directionto those on the other deck. in other Words, the heads of the seatedpassensers on one deck Will be directly' belo .v the ieet of the seatedpassengers on the other decir,

the seats in one case preterably. facing; outunduly in`r wardly from thecenter of the car, while on the other deelt they face inwardly'toivardthecenter of the car.

The invention also consists in certain constructions and arrangements ofthe parts to provide for' this manner or sitting, as hereinafter morefully described and set forth in the claims.

In the drawings, reiierringn to the iornis of Figs. l, 2 and 3, whichshow a trailer car Without driving motors, 2 represents the car sides, 3the rear platform which is preferably at the same level as the car door,and fi the lower floor or deck, of the car. 5 indi- Cates the entrancewhich is preferably provided With the dooroperating mechanism shown inPatent No. 964,269 Pearl N. dones, dated July 12, 1910, although.ordinary entrance may vbe provided. The may also be arranged in anydesirable Way, as these portions form no part oit the present invention.At the center oi' the car, We provide a dividing partition 6, which-entends longitudinally from the openings i" and .8 for entrance fromthe platform to the car body up to near the front end of the trailer. Ateach side oi' this partition are formed the seats 9 and l0 of the lowerdeck, the backs of which may torna part of the partition (3. lhese seatsface outvvardlV l so that the passengers may look through side Windowsl1 and '12 in the lower body portion oi' the car. extend around thefront end of the partition in a trailer, thus enlarging'the seatingcapacity at the front end. The upper deck or Hoo-r 13 of the car isprovided with a central longitudinal lower portion lil, which is at asuitable distancebelow thc portion 13,' so that the passengers may siton seats provided on the deck facing inwzn.oiy,vvl1ile their feet restin the depressed or pit portion l5, 'of which the Hoor li forms thebotto1n. This depressed deck portion lfi is above the heads of thepassengers sitting; on the seats 2) and l0, and is of suitable depth'for the .purpose desired.

As shown in Fig. 2, the seats upper .deck preferably extend the lengthof the car body and around the :trontend, shown at 1G. so that thepassengers can close to each other around the sid M These seatspieter-ably 13 on the across the front of the car. 17 represents theside windows in the upper portion this portion also being inclosed, ifdesired, to protect the passengers. The top of the car may be providedwith the usual raised roof portion 18, and the lower side portions 19,the portion 18 being suiiiciently above' the depressed floor portion 14to allow passengers-to stand therein, while when seated, their heads areunder the lowerv roof portions 19. It will be seen that by thisarrangement of facing the seats on one deck or floor outwardly and onthe other deck inwardly, we are enabled to obtain a doubledeckedarrangement, without unduly increasing the height ofthe car, thusenabling such a car to be used on street railways al ready built andwith the usual structures under which they pass. To reach the upperdeck, a suitablestairway or stair-ways may be provided. In the formshown, the staircase 2O rises from. an intermediate portion of the backplatform 3, and thence extends upwardly to the depressed floor portion14 of the upperdeck. This stairway is preferably off center with the'longitudinal center of the car body to give room for the conductorsstation at 21 and a fare-box 22, if this is desired. By' leading thisstairway to the depressed-portion of the upper deck, the pas sengerspassing to this upper deck can walk along the ioor portion 14, the roof18 being iof suicient height above the door to allow this. The partition6 is a convenient structure for receiving heating lues which we haveillustrated at 23. These flues may eX- tend upwardly from pipes 24 whichcontain a heating Huid, such as hot air. This heating fluid may pass upthrough the partition to suitable registers 23a in the upper deck, thusheating both the upper and lower sections of the car. The `heat may b5supplied to these pipes from any desiredso'urce.

Instead of the arrangement shown in lFigs. 1, 2 and 3, we may provideinwardly facing seats on the lower deck sind outwardly facing seats onthe upper deck, this being the reverse of the iirst form. This is shownin Fig. 4, whereinv 9 and 10 are the lower seats extending along thesides of the car and facing inwardly, the portion 14 of the upper deckin this case being raised above the side portions 13 of' the deck to asucient extent to provide outwardly facing seats .on each side of thecentral longitudinalpartition 6a. In this case, however, the sideportions of the roof 18 are raised, so that the roof is preferably ofthe form shown in Fig. 4. In this form, the passengers on the lower deckwill walk through the central portion of thecar, in which there issufficient height to stand by reason of the raised portion 14*a of theroof, while the stairway to the upper deck will lead to a side portionand hence the passengers will form of Figs. 1, 2 and 3. In this form,thev staircase 20b leads upwardly on a curve or angle at the side of theplatform remote from the entrance side. The upper part of this stairwayis provided with a roof portion 25, leading into the central depressedportion 141 of the upper deck. In this case the seats 9" and 10b on thelower level, as shown in the right-hand portion of Fig. 5, together withthe dividing partition 6", are stopped short of the front end of thecar, to

, provide space for a series of steps, indicated at 26, with which aclosing door 27 may or may not be provided, as desired. In this case,the motormans station may be divided oil" by a railing, as shown at 28,29 illustrating the motor` controller. In this case, the

depressing of the rearplatform allows the stairway to extend in itsupper portion over the heads of the passengers, passing into the lowerbody portion of the car.

The advantages of our invention will be obvious to those skilled in theart. A doubledecked car is provided which is of much less height thanordinary double-decked cars; the seating capacity of the cars is greatlyincreased without abnormally increasing their height; old cars may bequickly and cheaply converted into cars of much greater seatingcapacity; provision is made on each floor for standing and walking,giving proper height for this purpose,

while in the seating .portions the cover or roof portion is lower thanthat over the passageways; and the central partition on one of the decksprovides 'an efiicient means for carrying heating pipes, if desired;

The car may, of course, be of the closed or open type; the stairway orstairways may a be varied in position and arrangement, for

instance, the stairway may lead up centrally of the longitudinal axis-ofthe car, the steps at the upper level being cut away at the platform endto allow this; the partition between the outwardly facing seats may beomitted or may extend only part way to the roof; the car may be providedwith plat- -forms and stairways at both ends; the car structure may beused for either a trailer car or a motor car; and many other changes maybe made in the form and arrangement of the car body, seats, etc.,without departing from our invention.

We claim:

1. A double-decked passenger carhaving ,lio

en its lower decir e centrally arranged longitudinally extendingpartition with o positely facing seats for which the partition forms aback, and having at the upper deck side seats; said partitionihavingfines therein opening to the upper deel: between the side ses-ts,substantially as described.

- 2.1151 double-decked passenger ear having itslower lcleeli providedwith a centrally arranged longitudinal partition, with center Beetsarranged at each side of the partition, there being an aisle spacebetween the seats at the side of the partition and the' adjacent side ofthe cer, thecar having a side door- Way at one end portion thereofwit-l1 a depressed step-forming portion adjacent to said .doorway and tovv` ich said aisle spaces leadysubstantially as escribed.

3. A. double-decked passenger ear having its lower. deck provided with acentrally arranged lengitudinelpartition, with center seats arranged ateach side ef the 'pertitien there being an aisle space between the senteat the side of the partitien and the aci'jeeen.-;

side of the car, the car liaving a sicleV iieor- Wey et one end' portionthereof with e. Cie pressed step-forming portion adjacent te Asaiddoorway,l one of said aisle spaces ien- 5.w

ing directly to said depressed portierii end the partition stoppingshort ef the enti of the car to form a passageway from the other aislespace to the seid depressed pel-tioni substantially as described.

In testimony whereof, we lieve hereunto set eur hands.

G. E. MILLER, F. W. ERNST.

